EMAIL OF THE DAY

“Yes, yes, yes! Enough already with the infantile bullshit that passes for leadership in modern management. I was at Sprint for three years. There it was a goose! Ironically, I stole the damned thing for a souvenir when I left and it may be worth some money. My wife says it’s a genuine “Beenie Baby.” Who’d a thunk it? One time we spent two whole days discussing the childhood classic, “Who Moved My Cheese,” the story of two rats. We managers referred to the book as “Who Cut The Cheese.” It’s a rip-off that could easily be condensed into less than one page, single-spaced, but then nobody would pay $20 for it. The gist of it is never be comfortable, your cheese is moving (i.e., the world is changing) and you have to keep moving or starve (i.e., become obsolete, laid off, etc.). To cap the seriousness of the sessions, they gave out “cheeseheads” (a la Green Bay Packer’s fame) to the participants.
After it was over most of us felt the main thing we learned was never to be comfortable (at Sprint), the world is changing (i.e., telecom was starting to slide into the toilet) and you have to keep moving or starve (i.e., maybe we should be looking for a job in another industry). With such brilliant leadership – surprise! – Sprint’s in trouble.”